Honestly, guys. We should probably just trade Hakeem already.

Is this an old thread from yonkers back?

 

Lol awesome topic . Repped.

 

OP done drank himself back into the 80's lmao

 

this is a misdirected thread.

the issue here is coaching and the gm.

 

are you a harden only fan???

 

Anyone who compares Harden to Hakeem from here on out deserves an immediate ban.

 

Hakeem's heart was never a question... inaccurate comparison

I'm not saying trade Harden either.... yet

 

The knee jerking is when people say McGrady is better than Harden.

These people are the biggest idiots on the planet. any country. any village. any cave.

 

You should give aelliot a piece of your mind. I read in a post of his that Harden is a much more efficient player than Hakeem due to TS%.

 

So, we fire Chaney, and the interim coach Rudy can't do any better. I can't believe we missed the freaking playoffs for the first time in Hakeem career.

We need to get riddy of Rudy, fire Patterson, and Charlie Thomas while we are at it.

 

Hakeem sat out games with a pretend injury. He also asked to be traded.

 

Well go that thread of Harden's 40+ point games

Lot of Harden kool aiders comparing him to the Dream

 

There was very serious Hakeem-for-Barkley conversations before Charles got traded to Phoenix. The Rockets missed the playoffs in 92 and were pretty bad underachievers, and Dream was a malcontent. He was a very immature guy early in his career.

 

Olajuwon tried to improve his game during every offseason until he reached his prime. What did Harden do this past offseason? He got fat, and his game regressed.

That's an issue of character and work ethic. It's the same problem McGrady had, and we all remember how McGrady's career ended.

 

I'll shock you some more then, Harden was also a better 3 point shooter, FT shooter and passer than Hakeem.

Hakeem was a once in a lifetime talent be he wasn't the best at every aspect of the game. TS% is the measure of efficiency and Harden is one of the all time best in that category.

Assuming that you understand what "efficiency" means, then it's not really in question. Efficiency is always going to be skewed by 3pt shots and FT because those are such huge advantages. Due to that big men aren't usually going to be nearly as efficient because they typically don't make a high volume of 3 point shots. Even Shaq, who had a higher FG% than Hakeem isn't as efficient as Harden.

That huge advantage in efficiency that the 3 point shot offers is the very reason that we've seen the spike in 3 point attempts over the last few years. Teams are just being smarter about taking the most efficient shots (3s, FT, shots at the rim and shots in transition).

 

Your view of what "efficiency" is defined as seems to be very narrow in scope. Your entire argument is based on that particular view of efficiency hence why you're taking one variable (TS%) and over emphasizing it.

Regardless, I don't care about the topic in any way. There's zero point in comparing Harden to Hakeem to me. I just recalled that post of yours and thought it was amusingly relevant to what Mr. Clutch said.

 

There you go being an idiot again.

Harden IS a much more efficient player than Hakeem due to a variety of reasons.